André Olivier (born 29 December 1989) is a South African

middle distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. He won a bronze medal in the 800m race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, behind winner Nigel Amos of Botswana and David Rudisha (Olympic champion and world record holder) of Kenya. Olivier won a bronze medal at the

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008. Previously Bydgoszcz hosted t ...

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

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No gold, but SA athletes still shine in Poland
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* 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg South African male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for South Africa South African Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub